M A R U S H A

Marusha's real name is Marusha Gleiss. She was born on 18 November 1966 in Nuremberg,
made Berlin her home town, and without exaggeration she is the world's most famous female DJ.
Over the past few years she has travelled the globe and given millions of fans pleasure with
her typical, highly individual "Marusha DJ Set".

1991-1993

Marusha's amazing career began in 1991 in Berlin with her radio
programme "Dancehall" which went out each Saturday on the young
peopl's station DT 64. When DT 64 had to close, Marusha changed the
frequency and the name of her show. The Berlin station "Fritz"
carried Marusha's "Rave satellite" once a week on 102.6 Mhz.
To top this, the media multi-talent marusha surprised
German-speaking television audiences with "Feuerreiter", her TV
programme for young people. For 2 1/2 years it was transmitted by
ORB and later ARD, and it was very popular indeed.

1994

1994 was Marusha year. "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" became her
biggest hit ever.(It was number three in the Media Control Charts
and with sales of over 500 000,it earned her a platinum award.)
Never before had a techno track reached such a high chart rating.

The following single "It Takes Me Away" was a similar success
earning her a gold disc. In the summer of 1994 Marusha released her
debut album "Raveland" which is still one of the mostpopular dance
albums of all times.

1995

Marusha's success story continued through 1995. She performed innumerable gigs at home
and abroad at almost all trendsetting parties in the techno house scene
and was awarded the"VIVA Comet 95" as "Best Techno Act", the
"Echo Award 95" as "Best Female Artist National".

Apart from this, Marusha was nominated "Best Female Artist" at the
"MTV Award 95" in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.

After this Marusha fans had to wait a while for their "Djane" to present them with new tracks.
Marusha took her time and spent a year gathering new experiences from her travels. With even more
self-assurance she boomed back into the charts with "Deep" (Number 12 in the Media Control Charts).

Her album "Wir" and her single "Unique" were launched simultaneously on the market. "Wir" is Marusha's great hommage to everyone who feels they belongs to the techno house scene.
She sees the unusual album title (We) as an expression of solidarity in the scene to which it is dedicated.

1996

In spring 1996 Marusha released a single entitled "Secret".
As a DJ, Marusha is a permanent source of attraction
and ecstacy whether in small clubs or at raves with audiences of 20 000
or more. It is impossible to list all her gigs here, but some major
highlights include Mayday, Rave & Cruise, Air Rave and regular gigs
in the USA.

1997

In August 1997 the single "My Best Friend" was released.

1998

On March 2, 1998 Marusha released a single frivolously titled "Free Love".

Marushas newest album "No Hide No Run" was released at the end of April 1998.

1999

In November 1999 Marusha released a single entitled "Ultimate Sound".

2000

In June Marusha released a 12" vinyl on the record company called Electric Kingdom
entitled "Jet".It was released under the name Maru.

In July the 12" vinyl "Jumpstart" was released, this time under her usual artist name.

2002

Marusha released a mix-cd on April 29th. It was released on the Proton label.

Marusha released the single a new single "Snow In July" on October 14th.

Thanks to Uffe Hillgren for the Raveland tracklisting.
Thanks to Ola Arnryd for the Wir tracklisting and some CD-covers.
Thanks to MAX for discography information.
Thanks to Nick Gryzin for some CD-covers.
Thanks to Massimiliano Gini for some information.
Thanks to Andrew for some information.
Thanks to Anders Lennartson for some information.
Thanks to Ola for some information.
Thanks to Erwin Langedijk for some CD-covers.
Thanks to Gerard Biggs for some covers and tracklistings.
Thanks to Nibjo for some discography information.
Thanks to Anton Claesson for discography information.
Thanks to DJ O-Bee for some CD-covers.
Thanks to DJ Hooligan for some discography information.
Thanks to Wolfgang Kerner for some information.